Ghimire Namita, Adhikari Santoshi, Sharma Subhanshi, Basnet Rojina, Acharya Richa, Verma Shashi, Gyanwali Pradip
Nepal Health Research Council, Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2024 Feb 29;62(271):174-179. doi: 10.31729/jnma.8492.
The universal health research ethical principles must be adhered to ensure a balance between science and safeguarding participants' rights, safety and dignity. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of research ethics among researchers in Nepal.
The study was carried out among 449 researchers who submitted proposals for ethical review and approval from the Ethical Review Board of the Nepal Health Research Council between January 2017 to August 2021. Simple random sampling was done ensuring a proportional representation of researchers from all areas of health research. A structured questionnaire was administered online for data collection.
The participants aged between 23-80 years old consented to complete the survey questionnaire. The median age of the respondents was 35 (23-80) years. Among all the respondents, 52 (11.58%) were unaware about the National Ethical Guideline for Health Research. Similarly, 110 (24.50%) respondents strongly agreed that the ethical review process impairs research and makes it harder for researchers to conduct research; 372 (82.85%) respondents had pursued research activity only after obtaining ethical approval.
Half of the respondents had knowledge on different aspects of research ethics.
必须坚持普遍适用的健康研究伦理原则，以确保科学与保护参与者的权利、安全和尊严之间的平衡。开展了一项横断面研究，以评估尼泊尔研究人员对研究伦理的知识、态度和实践情况。
该研究在2017年1月至2021年8月期间向尼泊尔健康研究委员会伦理审查委员会提交伦理审查和批准提案的449名研究人员中进行。采用简单随机抽样，确保来自健康研究各个领域的研究人员有比例代表性。通过在线发放结构化问卷进行数据收集。
年龄在23至80岁之间的参与者同意完成调查问卷。受访者的中位年龄为35（23 - 80）岁。在所有受访者中，52人（11.58%）不了解《国家健康研究伦理指南》。同样，110名（24.50%）受访者强烈认为伦理审查过程会损害研究并使研究人员更难开展研究；372名（82.85%）受访者仅在获得伦理批准后才开展研究活动。
一半的受访者了解研究伦理的不同方面。
